Marie writes: Ever intrepid, club member Sandy Kahn
has submitted an intriguing quartet of finds involving a
series of Hollywood auctions set to begin at the end of July 2013. Sandy
has shared similar things in the past and as before, club members are
invited to freely explore the wide variety of collectibles &
memorabilia being auctioned LIVE by "Profiles in History". Note:
founded in 1985 by Joseph Maddalena, Profiles in History is the nation’s
leading dealer in guaranteed-authentic original historical autographs,
letters, documents, vintage signed photographs and manuscripts.

Marie writes: The Ebert Club Newsletter is now three years old! And the occasion calls for some cake - but not just any old cake, as it's also now officially Spring! And that means flowers, butterflies and ladybugs too. Smile.

Marie writes: Now this is really neat. It made TIME's top 25 best blogs for 2012 and with good reason. Behold artist and photographer Gustaf Mantel's Tumblr blog "If we don't, remember me"
- a collection of animated GIFs based on classic films. Only part of
the image moves and in a single loop; they're sometimes called
cinemagraphs. The results can be surprisingly moving. They also can't be embedded so you have to watch them on his blog. I already picked my favorite. :-)

Marie writes: It's no secret there's no love lost between myself and what I regard as London's newest blight; The Shard. That said, I also love a great view. Go here to visit a 360-degree augmented-reality panorama from the building's public observation deck while listening to the sounds of city, including wind, traffic, birds and even Big Ben.